Meanings
nounkidney cancer (countable and uncountable, plural kidney cancers)
plural kidney cancers
- countableuncountablemedicineA form of cancer in the kidney(s).
Renal cell cancer is the most common form of kidney cancer.
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Former ozeki Hokutenyu, who held sumo’s second-highest rank for 44 tournaments […] died of kidney cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Friday at the age of 45.
2006 June 25, “Former ozeki Hokutenyu dies at 45”, in Japan TimesSynonyms: renal cancer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA form of cancer in the kidney(s).
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Translations
French cancer du rein
- cancer du reincancer of the kidneys
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APA
kidney cancer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kidney%20cancer
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“kidney cancer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kidney%20cancer. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kidney cancer,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kidney%20cancer.
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